These buildings may be illustrated and more fully described in some future bulletin. The illustration on the opposite page shows a view of the poultry buildings and yards from the south. At the right in the foreground is the house for geese, north of that the small duck house, while beyond the goose house and higher up may be seen the roof of the incubator building. To the left of the large tree are two houses, with open sheds in front, for breeding fowls. Between them and farther back is a long building, in the south end of which is the feed room, the other part now being used as the farm ice house. At the extreme left is one of the movable houses and sheds. At the right of this, the small permanent house and farther to the right, the two movable houses with shelters beneath. Back of these is the brooder house. During the season, the capons and cockerels of the same lot, for comparison, as well as the geese and ducks, have been exhibited, with explanatory placards, at the Woonsocket and Kingston Fairs, at the State Fair and at the show of the Rhode Island Poultry Association. Much of this season's work has been to prepare for our principal experiment of next season, which will be to make a variety of first crosses for the production of the best market roasters and capons, their value as broilers and for egg production being a secondary consideration. We have procured for this purpose twelve varieties of pure bred fowls and have mated them with this end in view. Besides these birds we have one pair and one trio of imported Embden geese, nine fine Pekin ducks, two Pekin drakes and one pen of pure Light Brahma fowls. A few turkeys are soon to be added to the stock. Visitors having a special interest in this line of work have been quite numerous and there evidently is a wide field of usefulness for such a division. APICULTURAL DIVISION. SAMUEL CUSHMAN. The Apiary has the past season been run for surplus honey and only the most necessary care given it. The observatory hive was on exhibition through the season, many visitors were shown through the apiary and all possible aid and information given inquiring beekeepers. Sixteen hives of bees were brought through the winter and the same number put into winter quarters last fall. The season was a fair one especially for late honey and the quality of the surplus secured, both the extracted and comb honey, was as fine as we have ever had. This has been sold as usual, mostly to regular customers. The experiments of the previous seasons would have been continued and new ones commenced had we not been obliged to be away so frequently on matters connected with the work of the new Poultry Division. In the future this division will probably receive, each season, its proper share of attention. VETERINARY DIVISION. FREDERICK E. RICE. During the year I have been called upon to either give advice concerning, or to treat directly, 125 ailing animals. Of these 125 cases many have been of a kind requiring surgical operation and subsequent treatment. The greater portion of such cases I have been compelled to send away without surgical treatment; and this because of incomplete hospital outfit. For the same reason the clinics, which should have brought to the Station a large number of cases of all kinds, and so have greatly benefited the students of the State A. & M. School, as well as being of much good to owners, have brought but few cases; it having been generally understood throughout the State that the Station was not in readiness to receive cases requiring prolonged treatment. These facts have lessened the usefulness of the clinics and have prevented the students of the school becoming familiar with disease in animals. The village being without a druggist, owners of animals were caused much inconvenience by reason of being compelled to drive some distance to get prescriptions compounded. To remove this inconvenience the Board of Managers supplied the division with drugs and with appliances for dispensing. This has increased the usefulness of the division and has already proved a great benefit to those presenting animals for treatment. STUDY OF SPECIAL DISEASES. During the early part of the year knowledge came to me that a disease affecting bovine animals and known as "The Gaunts" has |